This weekend I wet-finished and hemmed the blue/yellow leg wraps I had recently taken off the loom. Very pleased with how they look.
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This weekend I wet-finished and hemmed the blue/yellow leg wraps I had recently taken off the loom. Very pleased with how they look.
Its been four months since I finished the cloth for the Rus kaftan and, this past Sunday, I finally made time to beam a new weaving project on my floor loom – a pair of leg wraps (wicklebanders or winningas) in dark blue and yellow for a viking reenactor friend.
I have been able to do a little weaving on the patterned gauze weave sample currently on my rigid heddle loom.
Yesterday, I pulled the Rus kaftan cloth off the loom. There is something so lovely about an armful of handwoven yardage. I prepped the cloth for wet finished by pulling out the float warps (I use fishing line), checking for snags, and snipping off loose threads. I cut a piece off to save for my weaving notebook and tossed the entire lot into the washing machine. A few of might be horrified to know…
